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October 27, 2020
Mona Lee Locke, UW President Ana Mari Cauce, Seattle Storm co-owner Dawn Trudeau and Seattle fashion designer Luly Yang (BFA, Graphic Design, 1990) comment on hop topics, including masks as a fashion accessory, favorite Halloween costumes, traveling for the holidays and more. king5.com
October 26, 2020
Haunted houses won't be part of Halloween festivities this year, but a collection of artworks featuring empty and deserted spaces didn't scare the public away from attending the Henry Art Gallery's October-themed edition of its Re/frame series, "Abandoned." dailyuw.com
October 25, 2020
From the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery comes a new exhibit of art created by nine graduate students from the School of Art + Art History +Design. This new exhibit will examine neglected realities, repressed traumas, and invisible contagion through instillations and paintings, to name a few mediums. seattlemet.com
October 23, 2020
What are the archival powers of the arts? How do the art archives decenter pasts and presents, and imagine more just futures? This article examines works of art that archive Indigenous and Black people, places, stories and histories. Kemi Adeyemi, assistant professor of gender, women and sexuality studies, is quoted. southseattleemerald.com
October 22, 2020
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is thrilled to announce that Ariel René Jackson will be the 2021 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident. Jackson’s film-based multidisciplinary practice considers land and landscape as sites of internal representation. For the 2021 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency, Jackson (she/her/hers and they/them/theirs) will be collaborating with performance artist... art.washington.edu
October 20, 2020
Student Life honors DXARTS, the College of Engineering, and Housing & Food Services with the Outstanding New Initiative Award for McMahon 8, a makerspace that provides students, staff, and faculty from the UW with the tools and resources to build and prototype their next great idea. washington.edu
October 20, 2020
In honor of Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis, the Friday Foundation, a new Seattle entity, gave $9 million to nine Seattle arts organizations, one being the Henry Art Gallery seattletimes.com
October 15, 2020
Vital symbols of the ancient Chinook Indian Nation culture have been installed at the east entrance of the Burke Museum at the University Washington’s main campus. chinookobserver.com
October 14, 2020
Proving that creativity can flourish in the face of adversity, at least six new art spaces have opened across King County in recent months, despite and in some cases inspired by COVID-19 closures. The works of Luke Armistead and Stefan Gonzales, recent graduates of the Master of Fine Arts program... crosscut.com
October 14, 2020
Stephen Groening, associate professor of cinema and media studies explains why we might be binge-watching old TV shows during the COVID-19 pandemic. chicagotribune.com
October 13, 2020
Jennifer Bean, UW associate professor of cinema studies, suggests a few silent film viewing opportunities this fall. washington.edu
October 12, 2020
Officially one year after the opening of the new Burke Museum and in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Burke Museum , University of Washington , and the Washington State Arts Commission ( ArtsWA ) are honored to announce a new outdoor installation called Guests of the Great River that... washington.edu
October 9, 2020
Chanee Choi, a doctoral student in digital arts and experimental media at the UW, has created “Pandemic,” which is both a video game and work of art. It is a first-person 3D video game in which the player is the coronavirus, moving through a virtual environment. geekwire.com
October 8, 2020
UW Assistant Professor of Mucis Anne Searcy's book is a study of 4 major cultural-exchange ballet tours at the height of the Cold War. wsj.com
October 7, 2020
UW Press looks back on a century of publishing, featuring works by Quintard Taylor and Bill Holms. George Behlmer’s 'Risky Shores’ honored. washington.edu